1/28/2015 Katrina Hagler, Assistant Director of Graduate Recruiting and Admissions
Written by Katrina Hagler, Assistant Director of Graduate Recruiting and Admissions
MechSE Seminar Series Spring 2015
Tuesday, February 3
Professor Derk Joester
Northwestern University
“Interfaces and Interphases in Biomineralization”
Host: Professor Sascha Hilgenfeldt
Tuesday, February 10
Professor Robert Pitz
Vanderbilt University
“Cellular Tubular Flames: A Model of Preferential Diffusion and Extinction in H2 Fueled Laminar and Turbulent Flames”
Hosts: Professors Moshe Matalon and Nenad Miljikovic
Tuesday, February 17
Professor Kripa Varanasi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Interfacial Engineering for Efficiency Enhancements in Energy-Water-Food”
Hosts: Professors Nenad Miljikovic and Anthony Jacobi
Tuesday, February 24
Dr. Pedro Jordan
Naval Research Laboratory
Stennis Space Center
“Beyond Euler and Navier-Stokes: New Theories of Compressible Flow”
Host: Professor Martin Ostoja-Starzewski
Tuesday, March 3
Professor Michael Aziz
Harvard University
“Organic aqueous flow batteries for massive electrical energy storage”
Host: Professor Kyle Smith
Tuesday, March 10
Professor Robert Carpick
Midwest Mechanics Seminar
University of Pennsylvania
“Friction and wear: New insights from atomic-scale measurements”
Host: Professor Alison Dunn
Thursday, March 19
Professor Gerald Fuller
Arthur Newell Talbot Distinguished Lecture
Stanford University
“The Dynamics of Two Biological Interfaces”
Hosts: Professors Randy Ewoldt and Alison Dunn
NCSA Auditorium (4:00 p.m.)
Tuesday, March 31
Professor Peter Schmid
Midwest Mechanics Seminar
Imperial University, UK
TBA
Host: Professor Matthew West
Tuesday, April 7
Professor Roderic Lakes
University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Extreme physical properties in heterogeneous materials”
Hosts: Professors Sameh Tawfick and Martin Ostoja-Starzewski
Tuesday, April 14
Professor Chang-Jin Kim
University of California, Los Angeles
TBA
Hosts: Professors Seok Kim and William King
Tuesday, April 21
Professor Melissa Grunlan
Texas A&M
“PEO-Silane Amphiphiles to Decrease Biofouling on Silicones”
Hosts: Professors Shelby Hutchens and Iwona Jasiuk
Tuesday, April 28
Professor Charles Meneveau
Midwest Mechanics Seminar
Johns Hopkins University
“Turbulence in wind farm boundary layers”
Host: Professor Jonathan Freund
Tuesday, May 5
Professor Heidi Nepf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Vegetation Hydrodynamics at Two Scales”
Host: Professor Leo Chamorro
All seminars are at 3:00 p.m. in 190 Engineering Sciences Building, unless otherwise stated. Times, dates and titles are subject to change. Check mechanical.illinois.edu for updated information. Seminars on this list count toward the requirements for ME 590 and TAM 500.